Kostovicova, Denisa


Dr Denisa Kostovicova  

Department

Position held

Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit

Senior Research Fellow

Department of Government

Senior Lecturer in Global Politics

Experience keywords:

human security; international administrations; civil society, war crimes and transitional justice; European integration of Western Balkans; nationalism and globalisation; democratisation and ethnic conflict; post-conflict reconstruction

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Dr Denisa Kostovicova is a Senior Lecturer in Global Politics at the Government Department and a Research Fellow at the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit at the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has a PhD and MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and an MA from Central European University, Czech Republic. She was also educated at the University of Maine, US, and Belgrade University, Serbia. She held Junior Research Fellowships at Wolfson College, Cambridge, and Linacre College, Oxford.

Dr Kostovicova has participated in a number of international research projects, such as the European Study Group on Europe's Security Capabilities, convened by Professor Mary Kaldor at the invitation of Javier Solana, EU Foreign Policy Chief (2004-2008); the EU’s Seventh Framework Project, ‘Multi-stakeholder Partnerships in Post-Conflict Reconstruction: The Role of the European Union’ (2008-2010), and 2010-2011, ‘Networks of Regressive Globalisation and Challenges to International Assistance’ funded by Agence Française de Développement (2010-2011).

Dr Kostovicova’s research interests include nationalism and democratisation in the global age, post-conflict reconstruction and security, civil society and human security, war crimes and transitional justice, and European integration of Western Balkans. She is the author of Kosovo: The Politics of Identity and Space (Routledge 2005) and co-editor of Transnationalism in the Balkans (Routledge 2008), Persistent State Weakness in the Global Age (Ashgate 2009) and Bottom-up Politics: An Agency-Centred Approach to Globalization (Palgrave Macmillan 2011).

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Western Balkans; Kosovo; Montenegro; Macedonia; Croatia; Serbia; Bosnia and Herzegovina

Languages:

Serbo-Croat [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; Czech [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Arabic [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]; Slovak [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Intermediate]; German [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Albanian [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6916

Publications

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2013

Kostovicova, Denisa (2013) Airing crimes, marginalizing victims: political expectations and transitional justice in Kosovo. In: Waters, Timothy J., (ed.) The Milosevic trial: an autopsy. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199795840

Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna (2013) Introduction: civil society and multiple transitions – meanings, actors and effects. In: Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna and Ker-Lindsay, James and Kostovicova, Denisa, (eds.) Civil Society and Transitions in the Western Balkans . Palgrave Macmillan , Basingstoke, UK, pp. 1-25. ISBN 9780230292895

Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna and Ker-Lindsay, James and Kostovicova, Denisa, (eds.) (2013) Civil society and transitions in the Western Balkans. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780230292895

Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna and Kostovicova, Denisa (2013) Europeanisation and conflict networks: private sector development in post-conflict Bosnia-Herzegovina. East European politics, 29 (2). pp. 19-35. ISSN 2159-9173

Kostovicova, Denisa (2013) When enlargement meets common foreign and security policy: Serbia's Europeanisation, visa liberalisation and the Kosovo policy. Europe-Asia studies, ISSN 0966-8136

2012

Kostovicova, Denisa (2012) Civil society and restorative justice in the Western Balkans: from symbolic politics to state Consolidation. Forum for transitional justice , (4). pp. 75-77. ISSN 1452-871

Kostovicova, Denisa and Martin, Mary and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna (2012) The missing link in human security research: dialogue and insecurity in Kosovo. Security dialogue, 43 (6). pp. 569-585. ISSN 0967-0106

Kostovicova, Denisa (2012) Transitional justice in post-Yugoslav states: political will and the RECOM process. Forum for Transitional Justice, special issue: Political Will and the RECOM Process, (4). ISSN 1452-871

Martin, Mary and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna and Kostovicova, Denisa and Wittman, Anne and Moser, Stefanie (2012) Exiting conflict, owning the peace: local ownership in international peace operations. Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Woodward, Susan L. and Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna (2012) Methodology and the study of state-building in the Western Balkans. Südosteuropa, 60 (4). ISSN 0722-480X

Woodward, Susan L. and Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna (2012) Introduction: methodology and the study of state-building in the Western Balkans. Südosteuropa, 60 (4). pp. 469-471. ISSN 0722-480X

Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna and Kostovicova , Denisa (2012) Locating power in state-building: the conflict network perspective. Südosteuropa, 60 (4). pp. 591-4602. ISSN 0722-480X

2011

Kostovicova, Denisa and Glasius, Marlies (2011) Introduction: agency in bottom-up politics. In: Bottom-up politics: an agency-centred approach to globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 1-17. ISBN 9780230280328

Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna (2011) External statebuilding and transnational networks: the limits of the civil society approach. In: Kostovicova, Denisa and Glasius, Marlies, (eds.) Bottom-up politics: an agency-centred approach to globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 93-111. ISBN 9780230280328

Kostovicova, Denisa and Glasius, Marlies, (eds.) (2011) Bottom-up politics: an agency-centred approach to globalisation. Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, UK. ISBN 9780230280328

2010

Kostovicova, Denisa (2010) Civil society in the Western Balkans: vehicle for or obstacle to transitional justice. In: Petritsch , Wolfgang and Dzihic , Vedran , (eds.) Conflict and memory: bridging past and future in (South East) Europe. Nomos, Baden-Baden, Germany, pp. 287-294. ISBN 9783832948795

Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna (2010) Human security in a weak state in the Balkans: globalization and transnational networks. In: Benedek, Wolfgang and Daase, Christopher and Dimitrijević , Vojin and van Duyne , Petrus , (eds.) Transnational terrorism, organized crime and peace-building: human security in the Western Balkans . Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 38-53. ISBN 9780230234628

Kostovicova, Denisa (2010) Civil society in post-conflict scenarios. In: Anheier, Helmut K. and Toepler, Stefan , (eds.) International encyclopedia of civil society . Springer, New York, USA, pp. 371-376. ISBN 9780387939940

Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna (2010) The big question: how can nations break the cycle of crime and corruption? World policy journal, 27 (1). pp. 3-6. ISSN 0740-2775

2009

Kostovicova, Denisa (2009) Albanian parallel education system and its aftermath: segregation, identity and governance. In: Dimou, Augusta, (ed.) 'Transition' and the politics of history education in Southeast Europe. Vanderhoeck und Ruprecht, Goettingen, Germany, pp. 201-215. ISBN 9783899715316

Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna (2009) Conclusion: persistent state weakness and issues for research, methodology and policy. In: Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna, (eds.) Persistent state weakness in the global age. Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, pp. 197-205. ISBN 9780754676126

Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna (2009) Introduction: state weakening and globalization. In: Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna, (eds.) Persistent state weakness in the global age. Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, pp. 1-16. ISBN 9780754676126

Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna, (eds.) (2009) Persistent state weakness in the global age. Ashgate, Surrey, UK. ISBN 9780754676126

Glasius, Marlies and Kostovicova, Denisa (2009) The European Union as state-builder: policies towards Serbia and Sri Lanka. In: Raue, Julia and Sutter, Patrick, (eds.) Facets and practices of state-building. Martinus Nijhoff Publishing, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 127-154. ISBN 9789004174030

Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna and Kandic, Natasa (2009) Introduction: Forum for Transitional Justice, special issue: European Union and transitional justice: from retributive to restorative justice in Western Balkans. Forum for Transitional Justice, 3 pp. 75-78. ISSN 1752-7724

Kostovicova, Denisa (2009) Balkan wars, European integration and Hague conditionality. Forum for Transitional Justice, 3 pp. 81-83. ISSN 1752-7724

2008

Kostovicova, Denisa (2008) Legitimacy and international administration: the Ahtisaari settlement for Kosovo from a human security perspective. International peacekeeping, 15 (5). pp. 631-647. ISSN 1353-3312

Kostovicova, Denisa (2008) State weakness in the western Balkans as a security threat: the European Union approach and a global perspective. Western Balkans security observer, 2007-2 (7-8). pp. 10-15. ISSN 1452-6115

Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna (2008) Transnationalism in the Balkans. Routledge, London, UK; New York, USA. ISBN 9780415464468

Kostovicova, Denisa (2008) Albanian diasporas and their political roles. In: Batt, Judy, (ed.) Is there an Albanian question?. European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris, France, pp. 73-86. ISBN 9789291981205

Kostovicova, Denisa (2008) Comparing the Balkans: war legacies and state-building in the age of globalisation - special issue, edited by D. Kostovicova. Südosteuropa, 56 (1). pp. 1-160. ISSN 0722-480X

Kostovicova, Denisa (2008) Introduction. Südosteuropa, 56 (1). pp. 1-7. ISSN 0722-480X

Kaldor, Mary and Kostovicova, Denisa (2008) Global civil society and illiberal regimes. In: Albrow, Martin and Anheier, Helmut K. and Glasius, Marlies and Price, Monroe E., (eds.) Global civil society 2007/8: communicative power and democracy. Sage Publications, London, UK, pp. 86-113. ISBN 9781412948005

Kostovicova, Denisa (2008) Serbian elections: who has actually won and what does this mean for the EU? EU Institute for Security Studies , Paris, France

Glasius, Marlies and Kostovicova, Denisa (2008) The European Union as a state-builder: policies towards Serbia and Sri Lanka. Südosteuropa, 56 (1). pp. 84-114. ISSN 0722-480X

2007

Kostovicova, Denisa (2007) European zones of human security: a proposal for the European Union. The Study Group on Human Security, Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna and Martin, Mary (2007) Civil society’s role in advancing human security: European Union policies in the Western Balkans. Südosteuropa Mitteilungen, (01/200). pp. 20-33. ISSN 0340-174X

Kaldor, Mary and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna and Kostovicova, Denisa, (eds.) (2007) Social science in South East Europe syllabus handbook. Centar za obrazovne politike, Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro. ISBN 9788684151256

2006

Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna (2006) Europeanizing the Balkans: rethinking the post-communist and post-conflict transition. Ethnopolitics, 5 (3). pp. 223-241. ISSN 1744-9057

Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna and Kostovicova, Denisa (2006) The Balkans in globalization’s throes: examining the transnational quality of the region’s problems. Internationale politik, 7 (2). pp. 92-97. ISSN 1430-175X

Kostovicova, Denisa (2006) Civil society and post-communist democratization: facing a double challenge in post-Milošević Serbia. Journal of civil society, 2 (1). pp. 21-37. ISSN 1744-8689

Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna, (eds.) (2006) Austrian presidency of the EU: regional approaches to the Balkans. Centre for the Study of Global Governance and Centre for European Integration Strategies in cooperation with the Renner Institute, Vienna, Austria. ISBN 9783854640301

Kostovicova, Denisa (2006) EU and the challenges of the weak state in the Balkans. In: Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna, (eds.) Austrian presidency of the EU: regional approaches to the Balkans. Centre for the Study of Global Governance and Centre for European Integration Strategies in cooperation with the Renner Institute, Vienna, Austria, pp. 140-148. ISBN 9783854640301

Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna (2006) Introduction: Austrian presidency of the EU: regional approaches to the Balkans. In: Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna, (eds.) Austrian presidency of the EU: regional approaches to the Balkans. Centre for the Study of Global Governance and Centre for European Integration Strategies in cooperation with the Renner Institute, Vienna, Austria, pp. 17-23. ISBN 9783854640301

Kaldor, Mary and Kostovicova, Denisa and Said, Yahia (2006) War and peace: the role of global civil society. In: Anheier, Helmut K. and Kaldor, Mary and Glasius, Marlies, (eds.) Global civil society 2006/7. SAGE, London, UK, pp. 94-119. ISBN 9781412934350

2005

Kostovicova, Denisa (2005) Kosovo’s unresolved status. Development & transition, (02/200). pp. 19-20.

Kostovicova, Denisa (2005) Old and new insecurity in the Balkans: lessons from the EU's involvement in Macedonia. In: Glasius, Marlies and Kaldor, Mary, (eds.) A human security doctrine for Europe: project, principles, practicalities. Routledge, Oxon, UK; New York, USA, pp. 43-70. ISBN 9780415367455

Kostovicova, Denisa (2005) Kosovo: the politics of identity and space. Routledge, Oxon, UK. ISBN 9780415348065

Kostovicova, Denisa (2005) Post-socialist identity, territoriality and European integration: Serbia’s return to Europe after Milošević. Geojournal, 61 (1). pp. 23-30. ISSN 0343-2521

2004

Kostovicova, Denisa (2004) Republika Srpska and its boundaries in Bosnian Serb geographic narratives in the post-Dayton period. Space & polity, 8 (3). pp. 267-287. ISSN 1356-2576

Kostovicova, Denisa and Bechev, Dimitar (2004) Kosovo: successes and failures of international civil and military involvement. Debate held at European Studies Centre, St Antony's, Oxford, 30 March 2004. Discussion papers (South East Europe series), DP31. Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Kostovicova, Denisa (2004) Serbia's democratisation and the resolution of the Kosovo dispute. In: Fatić, Aleksandar, (ed.) Security in Southeastern Europe. Security Policy Group, Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro, pp. 163-188. ISBN 9788683289042

2003

Kostovicova, Denisa and Prestreshi, Albert (2003) Education, gender and religion: identity transformations of Kosovo Albanians in London. Journal of ethnic and migration studies, 29 (6). pp. 1079-1096. ISSN 1369-183X

Kostovicova, Denisa (2003) The Albanians in Great Britain: diasporic identity and experience in the educational perspective since 1990. Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, 5 (1). pp. 53-69. ISSN 1944-8953

Kostovicova, Denisa (2003) Secret schools in Kosovo: between civic action and legal void(s). In: Kaldor, Mary, (ed.) Global civil society 2003. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 222-223. ISBN 9780199266555

2002

Kostovicova, Denisa (2002) 'Shkolla shqipe' and nationhood: Albanians in pursuit of education in the native language in interwar (1918-41) and post-autonomy (1989-98) Kosovo. In: Schwandner-Sievers, Stephanie and Fischer, Bernd Jürgen, (eds.) Albanian identities: myth and history. C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers), London, UK, pp. 157-171. ISBN 9781850655725

Kostovicova, Denisa (2002) The portrayal of the yoke: the Ottomans and their rule in the post-1990 Albanian-language history textbooks. Internationale Schulbuchforschung, 24 (3). ISSN 0172-8237

2001

Kostovicova, Denisa (2001) Albanian schooling in Kosovo 1992-1998: 'liberty imprisoned'. In: Drezov, Kyril and Gokay, Bulent and Waller, Michael, (eds.) Kosovo: the politics of delusion. Frank Cass Publishers, London, UK; Portland, OR USA, pp. 11-19. ISBN 9780714651576

2000

Kostovicova, Denisa (2000) Kosovo's parallel society: the successes and failures of nonviolence. In: Buckley, William Joseph, (ed.) Kosovo: contending voices on Balkan interventions. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; Cambridge, UK, pp. 142-148. ISBN 9780802838896

1999

Drezov, Kyril and Gokay, Bulent and Kostovicova, Denisa, (eds.) (1999) Kosovo: myths, conflict and war. Keele European Research Centre, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK. ISBN 9781899488216

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